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V, UNITED STAT S l PATENT @rrrcn.

ROBERT BROWN, OF SPRINGFIELD, Onto.

GRAIN-BINDER.

BPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 314.102, dated March 17, 1885. Application filed October 4, lSrB. (X0 modcLi To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT BROWN, a cilizen of the United States, and a resident of Springfield, in the county of Clark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in GrainBinders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention'relates to an improvement in devices for advancing or pushing the butts of grain to the rear of the machine, so as to pre sent the bundle centrally with its ends evened up to the knot-tying mechanismof a grain It has for its object the provision of a ribbed board having a supporting-arm at one of its ends, which connects with a revolving wrist or crank pin on the main frame, and fulcrum-arms on its outer face, which pass through openings in a bar mounted so as to rock in a bracket suspended from a movable adj Listing-bar set upon the timbers of the binder-frame, the operation and construction of which will be fully set forth in the following description of the accompanying drawings.

Figure l is a broken plan of a grain-binder frame and platform, showing my improved buttevcner in position thereon. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same, showing the ribs or slats on the inner face of the butt-evener in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the longitudinal fulcrum-arms of the butt-evener and the bracket for suspending the lower end of said evener from the sliding adjusting-bar. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation on line a: at, Fig. 2.

A represents the binder-platform, upon which the grain is fed and tied into bundles, and from which said bundles are discharged.

B B B represent some of the timbers composing the binder-frame.

0 represents the board, provided with ribs 0 on its inner face, or the face, thereof that comes in contact with the butts of the grain.

0 represents the upper edge of the board 0, which edge flares inwardly so as to bring the incoming grain downwardly into contact with ribs 0.

D represents an arm projecting about centrally from the top end of the butting-board G, and having an eye, d, at its outer end, through which passes a crank-pin, e, on crankarm E. Crank-arm E is secured on the end of a shaft, F, journaled on bracket-plate G; which bracket-plate is suitably attached to the harvester-frame G.

f is a bevel-gear keyed to the other end of shaft F, and engages a bevel-gear, H, keyed to the end of the shaft of elevator-carrier roller H.

I represents a bevel-gear also mounted on bracket-plate G, and engaging gear H, by which to drive it. h is a sprocket-wheel on the end of the shaft of gear I. A chain connects this wheel h with any suitable driving mechanism on the harvester or hinder.

J is a double-pronged arm attached to the outer face of frame 0, and running parallel therewith.

K is a bracket-arm, having perforated lugs j j on one side, a suitable distance apart, to admit the bar L, which journals at its ends in the perforations of said lugsj.

Z l are openings in the bar L, through which the prongs or arms J reciprocate and hinge during the "ibrations of the evener-frame G.

M is a bar sliding in boxes m, which are secured tothe timber B of the binderframe.

N is a handled lever, pivotally connected, as shown in Fig. 1, with bar M, by which to adjust the said bar.

at are rack-teeth on timber B. engaging the upper end of lever N to lock it in the position desired.

Bracket K is suspended from the sliding bar M, so as to adapt the evener to varying lengths of grain and support it slightly above the table A, just enough to clear the table in its movements.

In the operation of the evener C, the rotating'crank D and arm D cause it to reciprocate on its arms J within the bracket-arms K and vibrate to and from the grain, so as to push it downwardly in an even position toward the knot-tying mechanism. v

Instead of securing ribs or slats to the inner face of the evener-board C, it is obvious the said face is serrated or provided with a corru gated metal plating and a like result obtained.

I claim- 1. In a grain-binder, the butt-evener device, composed of ribbed board 0 0, connected at one end by a journal-arm, D d, with a rotating crank, E e, and supported at its other end over the binder-platform on arms J, which reciprocate in a bracket, K L, suspended from the timbers of the binder-frame, the whole being constructed and adapted to operate sub- 3. In a grain-binder, the butt-evener board 0, provided With the ribs or serrations 0 on its inner face, and the flaring upper edge, 0, I substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a grain-binder, the combination,'with my hand. the Vibrating and reciprocating butt-evener C c, suspended above the binder-platform by ROBERT BROWN. journal-arm D d, forked arm J, and bracket 10 K L, of a sliding adjusting-bar M N, con- Vitnesses:

JNo. E. JoNEs, EDWARD BOYD.

struoted and adapted to operate substantially as herein set forth.

5 stantially as herein set forth. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 

